massicot

[ mas-i-kot ]

noun

1. monoxide of lead, PbO, in the form of a yellow powder, used as a pigment and drier.

massicot

/ ˈmæsɪˌkɒt /

noun

1. a yellow earthy secondary mineral consisting of lead oxide. Formula: PbO

Word History and Origins

Origin of massicot¹

1425–75; late Middle English masticot < Middle French < Italian massicotto < Arabic masḥaqūniyā, perhaps < Greek

Word History and Origins

Origin of massicot¹

C15: via French from Italian marzacotto ointment, perhaps from Arabic shabb qubti Egyptian alum

Example Sentences

The German term indicates that this "Lead Ochre," a form of PbO, is what in the English trade is known as massicot, or masticot.

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In the progress of calcination it first becomes a dusky grey powder, then yellow, when it is called massicot; then, by imbibing pure air, it becomes red, and is called minium, or red lead.

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Every facility is also afforded by its streams for erecting works for the manufacture of white and red lead, massicot, litharge, shot, sheet-lead, mineral yellow, and the other manufactures dependent upon lead.

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We have likewise the gray, yellow, and red oxyds of lead, which answer to the equally false or insignificant terms, ashes of lead, massicot, and minium.

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It is an oxide of uncertain composition, prepared by subjecting massicot to the heat of a furnace with an expanded surface and free accession of air.

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